The Last of Us: Survival Edition, Post-Pandemic Edition Revealed

Posted by Mick Perona on Jan 22, 2013 // Associate Product Marketing Manager, First Party Games

UPDATE: The Last of Us Post-Pandemic Edition has sold out! Survival Edition quantities are limited — pre-order here.

The Last of Us is coming May 7th, 2013, and we’re celebrating the impending arrival by announcing two very special editions of the game available in North America. First off, the Survival Edition will be hitting retail shelves packaged with some very cool extras.

When you get the Survival Edition, you’ll be able to explore over 170 pages of the incredible artwork and designs that went into making The Last of Us in The Art of The Last of Us, a full-sized hardcover art book by Dark Horse. Also packed in from Dark Horse, artist Faith Erin Hicks, and The Last of Us Creative Director Neil Druckmann is The Last of Us: American Dreams #1, the first issue in a series of comic books that dives deeper into Ellie’s backstory. The version you’ll get features a variant cover that can only be found in the Survival Edition.

In addition to the books, you’ll be getting the Steelbook edition of the game showcasing artwork of Ellie on one side and Joel on the other side of the cover. Ordering the Survival Edition also nets you the Sights & Sounds DLC pack:

In the Post-Pandemic Edition, you’ll receive the Steelbook edition of the game and The Last of Us: American Dreams issue 1 with the variant cover. Also included is a highly collectible 12” Premium Statue of Joel and Ellie by Project Triforce that’s worthy of any display case.

You’ll be getting two DLC packs as well. In addition to the Sights & Sounds DLC Pack, the Post-Pandemic Edition includes a plethora of digital content in the Survival DLC Pack:

The Post-Pandemic Edition will only be available at GameStop for $159.99. It’s very limited, so pre-order your copy today! Both the Post-Pandemic Edition and the Survival Edition include custom chrome Naughty Dog stickers so you can stylishly tag your preferred items or walls with the developer logo of your favorite new game.

Hop online or head to your local retailer and pre-order today. Be prepared for The Last of Us before May 7th, 2013!

Ha! I like the “Pulp Fiction” reference above…Sounds like you are into the Post-Pandemic Edition then! Cool! If you are a collector of video game memorabilia, or just of cool statues, you’re going to go nuts over this one! The statue alone would retail for $199.99 so worked incredibly hard to be able to bring this to our fans! Wait till you see it!

Hey Jose, We’re packing an unbelievable amount of value into these editions. “THE ART OF THE LAST OF US” Art Book alone will retail separately for $39.99 so it’s literally impossible to “squeeze” it into the Post-Pandemic Edition where we are already including a $200 12″ statue of Joel and Ellie in for only $159.

ok i think now the survival edition is the better choice. not because of the price, but because i want to learn about the development process of this amazing game (dev interviews and such). Whereas i already have enough game related statues (getting the GOWA CE that comes with Kratos statue as well).
gamestop here i come!

Post-Pandemic Edition is too expensive, so I’ll probably just get the Survival Edition. With this, Ni No Kuni, and God of War, this is the year for Collector Editions. I’m hoping they will announce one for Beyond: Two Souls, and maybe Tales of Xillia as well!!!

Hi there, I just double checked and it’ definitely not listed on Amazon.com yet. Do you mean in another country other than the U.S. perhaps? If it is listed as anything other than $39.99 I can guarantee you that it will be fixed/updated to the correct retail price. You’ll love this book when you see it, it’s a premier art book by Dark Horse!

these are cool, but if im not mistaken, u get these dlc’s for preordering at gamestop so ill just be getting the normal edition. plus I just spent my xmas money on a sleek new Pulse Elite Wireless Stereo Headset. I have to admit that the EU version of the collectors editions are superior, though choosing between which LBP costume to get would kill me. hopefully they come out together later on for everyone.

so your telling me that if i dont spend $160 i will have an incomplete game and a disadvantage thanks. i was looking forward to this game but now i have a reason to wait for it to be $30. why would i want a collectors edition of a game that no one knows is even good or not? why do any of you?

Why not Europe? Always why not Europe? What is wrong with Sony? What the hell is happening? This happens with every PlayStation 3 exclusive game. And the best part is most of their money comes from Europe.

And there’s still ‘gonna be a regular version, which will retail for $59.99, then drop to $39.99 a few months later, and eventually find its way to the $19.99 shelves not more than a year after release. After which, a GOTY version will be released at $29.99 which includes some actual DLC and at the very least, up to date bug fixes.

I apologize if this is a silly question, but is the Sights/Sounds pack DLC still free for those who preorder in advance regardless of version?

For the record, these are very nice collector editions and will make many collectors happy, but I’m probably going to stay with the regular version. I’m still supporting it though with a day 1 purchase :)

Hi pumpkin, (okay…that felt weird saying that) Yep, no matter which version you pre-order, you will still get the Sights & Sounds DLC Pack! We are just including them in our two premium skus so that you are sure to get these pre-order bonuses even if you purchase AFTER the pre-order bonus offer is already over.

Cool PSN name, Lara! Nope, that’s not what it says above. What we’re saying, is that collector’s who are into this unbelievable new world Naughty Dog has crafted for us all to play in, and who will want to collect and show off their 12″ Joel and Ellie statue in all it’s glory, will want the Post-Pandemic edition. :)
The fact that this edition is exclusive to GameStop is only because the edition is so limited in quantity that we weren’t able to offer them to our other retail partners as well.

that’s awesome , now how about surprising us with news about a psvita version or psvita game with in the same world with a different story and characters ?
You did a great vita game in the uncharted series so I think a lot of people would want one in this series as well .

Hey Cookie! That’s because the Survival DLC Pack is a GameStop pre-order bonus exclusive. Since you can buy the Survival Edition of the game at other retailers, we couldn’t pack in the Survival DLC Pack inside the box.
If the Survival Ediition is the one you wan to go with, you could always pre-order it from GameStop, and then you’ll get both the Sights & Sounds DLC Pack as well as the Survival DLC Pack. The choice is yours! :)

I thought Metal Gear Rising’s a hundred fifty dollars collector’s edition was expensive enough…. This cost a hundred and sixty, huh….. And if I want the Art Book as well I’ll have to spend a totally of two hundred bucks, huh…..